May 17, 2018

Harris Seeds/Garden Trends hires vegetable product manager

Harris Seeds/Garden Trends, a leading provider of quality vegetable and flower seeds, plants and horticultural supplies to both professional growers and home garden customers throughout the United States, recently hired Kristen Andersen as vegetable product manager and trials manager.

Andersen started with Harris Seeds in the spring of 2017, and was promoted to Assistant Vegetable Product Manager in September. Since then she has excelled in managing the company’s vegetable seed product line, a vital component of the company’s grower and home garden business. Andersen graduated from SUNY Cobleskill with a Bachelor of Technology degree in Plant Science and received a Master of Science degree in Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology-Horticulture from Michigan State University.

“Our company is defined by a talented group of people who are highly experienced and knowledgeable, and are passionate about delivering outstanding products and exemplary customer service to our loyal customers,” said Ken Wasnock, CEO and President. “Kristen has the knowledge base, skill sets and drive to accelerate our company’s goal in delivering quality vegetable seed products to our customers. She is a strong asset to our company, and to the seed industry.”

The Joseph Harris Company began in 1879 in the fertile Genesee Valley of Western New York. The Rochester, New York-based company distributes flowers and vegetable seeds, plants and supplies for the home garden and professional grower marketplace.